Literary Agents #2: Why You Should Pitch an Agent (Tips on Writing Tuesday #7)

Last week I shared my experiences meeting agents over the past few months and the amazing conclusion that (gasp) they are people!



No, really, they are.



Today I want to talk about the other half of my experience: pitching an agent.



Literary agents want to find writers to represent.  They want to find that story that blows them away and gets them excited.  How do they find those stories?  One of two ways.



Either you query an agent through email/snail-mail following specifi...